Tony Hall & Jeffrey Dunn to Keynote Children’s Global Media Summit

MANCHESTER: Tony Hall, the director-general of the BBC, and Jeffrey Dunn, the president and CEO of Sesame Workshop, are the first two speakers to be announced for the Children’s Global Media Summit 2017.

Taking place in Manchester from December 4 to 7, this year’s Children’s Global Media Summit will see Hall give the opening address. “Nothing matters more than shaping a better, safer and more creative digital world for children,” Hall said. “That’s why I’m really looking forward to the Summit, and all of us getting together to make a difference for generations to come.”

Dunn added: “At Sesame Workshop, we have always used the latest technology to advance our mission of helping children everywhere grow smarter, stronger, and kinder. When we started out, that cutting edge medium was television. Since then, we’ve embraced every advance in order to reach and teach children around the world in new ways—and the recent proliferation of digital platforms has brought opportunity and challenge in equal measure.

“I look forward to sharing Sesame stories and strategies—including lessons learned over nearly 50 years—with colleagues across the industry at the Children’s Global Media Summit. I hope that we can start a broader conversation and find ways to work together to ensure the production and protection of safe, quality children’s media in years to come.”

Further speakers and content will be announced in the lead-up to the Summit.